The Coffee Machine
If there’s one thing that will get an office full of government employees out of their seats, it’s coffee.
Recently our social club organised a coffee machine so people in the building could buy cheaper coffee than the cafeteria supplied. While I applaud their reasoning for doing so (the cafeteria jacked up their prices), I can’t believe how much attention the thing has picked up.
I find myself forming strong opinions on things that aren’t really that important to me. For instance, since selling my car and riding to work more often I am in disbelief when I hear about people driving 8 minutes to work rather than riding or walking. I end up labelling them all sheep and just disregarding their opinions from then onwards. Ok so maybe it’s not that bad, but I guess you could say that it “fuels the fire”, the fire being my hatred for lazy car drivers. People that could be walking, riding, jogging, and catching public transport and usually have no good reason not to do so.
Coffee is fast becoming my newest and biggest gripe. I’ve always been in tune with my hydration. Right now as I’m typing this I know that I need more water, even though I’ve had a good 5 pints of water already today. It’s only recently that I have realised the affects that different foods and drinks have on my hydration, and how important it is for myself to be hydrated.
Up until about a month ago I used to have the occasional black coffee. I actually like the taste of it, but recently my “stand” is more important than my need to drink coffee. I’ve quit (until I go to Italy next year). There are a huge number of people in my office, and obviously worldwide that start their day with a coffee, have another coffee for morning tea, then have a coke with lunch, and later have another coffee for afternoon tea. If their body is lucky it will finally get some water with dinner! Living like this is terrible for your body, but it’s so accepted that I’m the freak for not having a coffee in the morning, and for going to the toilet every hour.
Anyway, this is my gripe and I’m sticking with it. Now do yourself a favor and drink a glass of water!
September 18th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I stoped caffe too, about 4 years ago, but I love coffe, but I feel the same as you, I care more about how my body feels
I live in greece, and here caffe is a part of life, but even my boyfriend who is greek, has been cutting down on caffe, to some days none. He brings green tea to work if he needs some coffein. He starts the morning now with carrot and apple jusice (freshpressed), I have a lemon and orange jusice with a probiotic first 
I compleetly agree with you!!!! You have to get a juice machin, it’s so much fun!!! And you riding horse to wrok!!!! I am so impressed!!!! That is awesome!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I am pretty sure that Walther Veith talks about the health problems with drinking caffee in doc. “your health-your choice”, but it could be one of his other docs… There all fun to watch!